DAKOTA COUNTY MERALDo
3I0TT0--A11 The News When It Is News.
VOLUMK XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, APIML 1, 1001).
NUMBER 4 Si
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
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TAFT IN NEW YORK
1'JUiii:nt ox way to attkxii
A YAIjK m kitting.
Summer Wliltc House Chosen at
Ilcvorly, Mass. Executive Expects
to Make Western Trip Sometlnu
liirln tin; Month of August.
President Tart on tlio way to New
Jlaven. Conn., to attend a meeting ot
the Yale corporation stopped over ii
ivew lork City Wednesday nieht a
the guest of his brother. Henry W
Taft, and with Mrs. Taft and a num
ber of relatives attended a perform
ance of "if I were King." by E. H
Sothern, at Daly's theater.
The president's trip from Washing
ton was without incident. He traveled
;ln a private car attached to the re
gular express of the PennRylvania rail
road. The trip was a half holiday foi
me president, and he thoroughly en
Joyed the rest. Mr. Taft has been nut
ting in many long hours of work since
his inauguration, and this brief respiw
,rrom ofTlcial duties was decidedly
agreeable to him. He usually spendf
irom eight to nine hours a day in th
executive offices of the White House
There are many federal offices to bt
filled and much of his time is oc
cupied In listening to rccommenda
lions from senators, representatives
and party leaders as to the fitness of
candidates who are being urged foi
ine various places.
president Tuft was particular) .
pleased that the problem of choosing
a summer White House" at last hai
been solved. As announced from
Washington, the new summer capito)
win oe at Woodbury point, Beverly
.m.iss. air. iart hopes to reach hit
vumnier home soon after the first o)
June.
The president still 3 being strongly
urgea Dy western senators and rpnr
sentatives to make an extensive trip
through the west this summer but
the matter Is being held in abeyance.
jailmates aa to the cost of the trip.
nuwever, are being made.
CiOTCII WIXS EASILY.
"YuMff Malmiout No Match for tlif
Champion Mat Artist.
Frank Gotch, of Humboldt. Ia.. sue
ceeded In retaining his title to the
world 8 championship Wednesday
night by defeating Yusift Mahmout.
of Bulgaria, In a fast and furious
wrestling match In Chicago. The
much touted Bulgarian was as a child
the hands of hia opponent. Gotch
won both falls with crotch and i,ai
Nelson holds in 8 and 9 minutes ana
JO seconds. The victory of the cham
pion Is all the more notable Inasmuch
as he did not use his famous toe
hold in bringing about the downfall
or the powerful foreigner.
The match was fast and exciting
uom tne time the men entered the
ring. It was so short that there was
not a single Idle moment during the
two falls.
By the time the first preliminary
marten, aDout 8:15 p. m., there
were 8,000 persons In the Immense
ampltheater and several thousand
more outside clamoring for admission
Kurly In the evening the crowd at thn
main entrance broke away from police
control, and the doors were rlo
until further police assistance could be
secured. For a leant three-quarters
or an hour the doors remained closed
and the crowd Increased cverv mlnnt,.
Hundreds of the people outside had
tickets, but they were powerless to
enter the pavilion.
It was estimated there were 12,000
people, in the pavilion when the
match began. Every available seat
was tilled. According to the promot
ers the aggregate receipts amounted
to 135,000. It exceeded the attend
ance at the Goteh-Hackenschmldt
match last April by several thousands.
SUICIDE OX TIIK LCCWIA.
Two Young Women Kurt Uvea on
, Voyage, lit Kuroe.
During the voyage of the Cunard
liner, Uicanla, which sailed from New
York April !, two young women who
had occupied a second clans cabin to
gether committed suicide by shooting.
They were Margaret Clark, 24 years
old, who Is believed to have been a
resident of Brooklyn, and Annie Mil
ler. 21 years of age, whose former
residence Is not known.
Misa Clark shot herself Thursday,
the second day out, while In her
cabin. Her companion was greatly
agitated over the occurrence, and four
slays later took her own life.
Sioux Cily Live Slock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top hogs. IT.10: top beeves, $6.15.
Found Dead m Room.
Oswald Roberts, an actor from
Liverpool, Eng. who had been play
ing In a Baltimore theatre was found
dead In his room In a hotel in that
city Wednesday night with a bullet
n his brain.
Newsboys Are Fined.
Eight persons were arrested and
flned In' Los Angeles, Cal., Wednesday
for selling day newspapers contain.
l'lng "tlp" on the hone races
TROOPS IX A KEVOLT
Soldiers Move Aunlnst Kcigil of the
Young Turks.
A special dispatch to the Loknl
Aimelger at Berlin from Constanti
nople, dated April 14, 12:35 a. m., suy?
that Tewflk Pasha has been appointed
grand vizier, IUfaat Pasha, foreign
minister und Kdhlm Pasha, minister
of war. The troops are expressing
their Joy by firing blank volleys In
cessantly. The troops of the garrison at Coi.
stantlnopla made a violent demonstra
tion Tuesday before the parliament
building arainst the committee of
union and progress and the govern
ment. They demanded the dismissal
of the grand vizier, Hllml Pasha, the
minister of war, and the president of
the chamber. The outbreak was
caused by an older Issued to the
troops to the effect that they must
obey their officers under all clreum
.ances, even If called to shoot down
their co-rellglonlsts. The mutineers ns
the first move seized all the officers
of the committee of union and pro
gress and held them prisoners. Only
a few of the troops refrained from
-'aking part In the demonstration. The
latter, which were chiefly artllleymen
anl cavalrymen, are massed at the
war ministry. They have orders to
fire on anyone approaching the build
ing and during the course of the day
a number of persons were killed and
wounded.
Deputies were escorted to the cham
ber In order that they might vote on
the question of forming a new cabi
net and appointing a new president,
but owing to the Easter holidays it
was Impossible to form a quorum.
Deputy Emir Arslan was killed on
his way to the house, In mistake for
Husein Jahid. Reports of the 'killed
p'.aco the number as high as seven
teen and the wounded at thirty or
more.
The government had Information of
..ie Intended movement and adopted
defensive measures. Officers were no
tified to be prepared forcibly to dis
perse meetings on Monday night, and
Mahmoud Mukheln Pasha, comman
der of the First army corps, issued a
rigorous order to fire upon attaches of
the mosques and civilians if necessary.
It was this order that lead to the
mutiny.
At dawn the soldiers led. by a cor
poral and Kurt Hodja, members of the
Mohammaden union, seized the par
liament house and telegraph offices.
They cut the wires and , arrested
several officers. They captured the
bridges, which they swung open for
an hour to prevent a movement from
Pera.. They also killed two officers
belonging to the committee.
- - fc. . - , .
Hllml Pasha, fearing to undertake
the responsibility of ordering an at
tack on the revolutionists, proceeded
to the Yildlz kiosk at 2 o'clock Tues
day afternoon and tendered his resig
nation as prand -vizier. Later In the
day Deputy Arstan on entering the
vrliamcnt was attacked by troops
id mortally wounded. Soon after
this the minister of justice was killed
on his way to Pera by soldiers. The
minister of marine, who was with him
was wounded by a bayonet.
11 RK IX ROCIIESTF.lt.
More Than a Hundred Fumilies Are
Homeless and Destitute.
Swept along in the face of a 25 mile
sale, fire Tuesday destroyed several
sections of the city of Rochester, N.
Y., and did damage estimated at a
half mlllon dollars. For a time It was
thought that a great portion of the
city would be swept and aid was sum
moned from Buffalo and Syracruse.
A heavy rln set tin at 6 o'clock
Tuesday evening and has helped ex
tinguish the smoldering ruins, al
though it was a hardship on the home
less. Thieving has been stopped by
ho militia.
Smoked In the Street.
Because Ace Rains, 18 years old,
."on of the postmaster of Galena, Kan.,
smoked a pipe Tuesday he was taken
to jail and will havo to face trial on
the charge of violating the new Kan
sas law prohibiting minors from smok
ing. Calhoun Jury Chosen.
Thirteen jurors will hear the evi
dence In the case of Patrick Calhoun.
of San Francisco, president of the
t'nited railroads, charged with offer
ing a bribe to a former supervisor.
To lie. Hanged May 7.
President Taft has declined to Inter
fere In the case of Joaquin Secrara.
convicted In the Panama canal zone
of murder, and the Bentence of death
vtll be carried out on May 7.
Found Murdered hi Cellar.
With four bullet wounds In the body
and one In the head, John PIshotta, a
wealthy Greek merchant of Carlisle,
Pa., wan found Tuesday In the cellar
of his home. His wife and her broth
er have been arrested.
Guilty of F.inlxv..lcmcnt.
Harry Axlell. of Bloomlneton. III..
has been found guilty of embezzling
over $38,000 of the funds of the Real
Estate Building and Ixan association.
Noted Coufcdomle Dead.
Gen. Matthew Butler, of Edgefield.
K. C, former I'nlt.d Slates senator
and one of the last of the confederate
cavalry generals, died at Columbia, S.
C, Wednesday, aged 73. Hia death
was due to a complication of diseases.
$MM,0)0 Fire at Myrla, O.
Fire early Thursday wined out a
number of business blocks at Elyrla,
O, causing a loss estimate at more
. lhan 1100.000.
AMENDMENT IIY (TMMIXS
'overs His 1 "unions MonoM1y Shelter
Plunk.
Senator Cummins Introduced ns an
amendment to the. senate tariff 1 1 : 1
Monday his famous monopoly "she!
ter" plank. He does not use the woi A
"monopoly" In the amendment, but
orovldes that Import duties shall not tio
levied on commodities which have no
competition. It requires a court pro
cedure to determine whether conipe
titlon has ceased and a monopoly
established. Any citizen may bring
suit for an Injunction In a circuit court
against the collector of customs to re
strain the collection of duties on com
modules alleged to be handled by a
monopoly. The government also may
Institute proceedings for the free ad
mission of commodities alleged to be
removed from competition. Provision
Is made for the restoration after a
year of articles to the dutiable list if 8
showing of competition has beer.
established.
Senator Dolllver alo In preparing
several amendments to the senate bill,
but said Moiulny he Is reluctant to ad
vertlse his Ideas and will not mak
them public until the proper time. Mr
Dolllver Is giving much study to the
dual tariff and drawback features ol
the Pnyne bill and it Is probable hi!
amendments Will relate to these sec
Hons. He has discovered the hous
measure provides for the complet
restoration of the old Dingley rates or
iron and steel Imports from nations
that discriminate ngalnst us, while tht
retaliatory Increase on other product!
Is only 20 per cent additional. Thli
would be an increase in many instance!
of fully 100 per cent on Iron and stee'
products under the maximum turlf)
application..
The senate committee has not re
ported Its maximum and minimum
tariff plan or its drawback provision
Senator Dolllver Is anxiously awaitin;
to see how the Aldrlch committee re
drafts the section before he propose!
any other plan.
IXTEIU RI5AX CARS COLLIDE
Ten Men Seriously and Score llndlj
Injured Xenr Gary, Ind.
,Ton men were seriously Injured anc
a score badly hurt In a head-on col
lision on the Chicago, Lake Shore ant'
South Bend Interurban line, two milei
west of Gary, Ind., Monday. Only on
passenger on the eastbound car which
contained twenty people, who boardec
it at Hammond, escaped without in
Jury. The crash came as the eastbound
car was running down grade at high
speed from the elevated crossing ovei
the Joliet cut-off. The front ends oi
the two cars were telescoped wher
they struck. Most of the male pas
sengers were crowded in the smoking
sections, back of the motorman, and
It was there that the most serious in
juries resulted. A relief car was sent
from Gary and ambulances were In
waiting when It returned with the In
tured. Eight of the most serlous'.v
nuit were hurried to the hospital
Gary, where it was reported that all
would recover. All the seriously In
jured were from Indiana points am
Chicago.
BLACK HAND MFRDElt.
Chicago Groecr Kill. (1 by an Italian
Who Is loiter Captured.
Another murder of a pecullary des
perate character, attributed by tht
police to tho Black Hand society, oc
curred In Chicago Monday. Joseph
Filllpolll, a grocer, was shot In fronl
of his store by an 'Italian who wa
caught and Identified later as having
left a letter demanding $1,000 on a
saloonkeeper's bar in the neighborhood
a few weeks ago.
Filllpolll was locking his store foi
the night and had his baby in his
arms and his wife by his side when he
was atttacked. The child was thrown
to the ground and a shot was fired ln-
the grocer's abdomen. He died an
hour later in a hospital. Fllllpolll't
brotherlnlaw who owns a part Inter
est In the grocery store, received a let
ter demanding money a few monthi
ago; he failed to pay tho money and
was shot from ambush.
FEAST OF DEMOCRATS.
Anniversary of IJirih of .IcfTvrwtn I
Honored in New York City.
Denunciation of the principle ol
protection and of the tariff legislation
now pending In congress fromed the
keyncte of the addresses at the an
nual dinner of tho National Demo
cratic clubs Tuesday night In New
York City at the Hotel Suvoy In cele
bration of the 166th anniversary of tht
birth of Thomas Jefferson. Many
democratic notables from other state!
were present
Actor Shoot Himself.
Charles RIdgley Dlmmltt, better
known In theatrical circles as Ridge
Waller, of the Iwufayette theater, Buf
falo, N. Y., ended his life Tuesday by
shooting.
Weston lii Indiana.
Edward Payson Weston reached
Waterloo. Ind., Tuesday night after
walking eight miles from Butler, Ind..
In two hours and eight minutes.
Falul Auto Accident.
Grover Waker, president of the
First National bank, of Hoxle, Kan.,
was so seriously injured In a motor ear
accident Sunday that he died that
night. Five other persons In the car
escaped with slight injuries.
Mm. Taft Entertains.
Mrs. Taft entertained a party of
young people friends of her son and
daughter, at an Informal dance at the
NEBRASKA
WOI LD DRAW LINE OX DRINKS.
Stockmen at Omahii Ask Manager of
Yards to Clone Saloon.
More than 100 of the live stock com
mission men of South Omaha have
taken peculiar steps looking to the
curtailing of business. They have
signed a petition asking General Mali
nger Buckingham, of tho I'nlon Stock
Yards, to discontinue the saloon in the
Exchange building. Here is the rea
son for doing this:
Commission men all know that when
thel customers come to the yards
v.' their Mock or to buy feeders to
cake back to the farms and ranches
they must be entertained, and the fig
ures show that there are many In
stances where the bar bills of some of
tho lirms have frequently run from
$50 to 1100 per month. Tim signers
to tho petition take the position that
If tho saloon was taken away from
the yards thty could d as much busi
ness as now and that all of the money
now spent for treats would be velvet.
The commission men all expect to
serve meals to their customers, provid
ing they are at the yards at meal time,
and they do not object to this, but
from now on they are going to try and
draw the line on .the drinks.
It Is reported that Manager Buck
ingham has told some of the exchange
members that if the saloon is closed
the dining room must go, for there Is
no profit In running tho latter, though
the meals served average about 000
per duy.
In South Omaha the saloons pay a
license of J1.0UO per year, and it Is said
that the one at the stock yards Is a
money maker.- The license expires
April 30 and it is certain that It will
run until then, but what will occur
thereafter Is problematic, for ght now
no one will attempt to say.
AXDITOR TO ENFORCE LAW.
Begins General Insurance Cnnijmlsn
in Nebraska. '
State Auditor Barton has started
out to mako every insurance com
pany doing business In Nebraska eith
er conform to the law and the require
ments of his office or quit business.
Tq a niHnber of jompanles Mr.
Barton has seht fetters calling at
tention to their weak points and giv
ing Instruction for these matters to be
correcte"oSor he will at once proceed
to put the companies out of business.
The action of the auditor has Btlrred
up quite a rumpous among several of
the companies and one company wrote
the auditor a lengthy letter telling
what It Intended to In the way of re
form. This was answered by Mr.
Barlon with the statement that
promises did not go and that the evils
must bo corrected by May 1 or pro
ceedings would be instituted.
Between now and July the auditor
will Issue his order prohibiting any
company from printing on Its policies
the statement that the same Is guar
anteed by the state. A bill which was
Introduced in the legislature attempt
ed to prevent . this, but It failed of
passage. The' bill gave the compa
nies until January 1, 1910, to conform
to the new rule and get rid of their
present literature. The auditor will
make his ruling In conformity with
that bill, which was killed by the In
surance lobby.
STOCKMAN IS BETTER.
T. D. Hon, of Nebraska, Has Sailed
for Hawaiian Islands.
A telegram from California conveys
the Information that T. B. Hord, of
Central City, has Bulled for the
Hawaiian Islands and that his health
is considerably Improved.
Mr. Hord sustained a strok of
paralysis a few months ago. For a
time he was in a critical condition.
He has been spending the winter In
California and the reports that come
from hhn are very encouraging.
For years Mr. Hord has been en
gaged In feeding cattle for the Sioux
City and Omaha markets. He Is said
to be the laigest Individual cattle
feeder In the world. His yards and
pens are at almost every station on
the main line of the Union Pacific
from Sliver Creek to Grand Island.
In addition to feeding cattle he owns
a lino of elevators on all -of the Union
Pacific lines In Nebraska.
CHANCE FOR CARNEGIE.
Fremont Boy Receive Watch for He
roic Act.
Fied Hawklnson, of Fremont received
a gold watch Thursday from the vice
president of the Burlington railroad
in recognition of an aet of henolsm
In an emergency when he prevented
an accident which might have sent
a work train to the bottom of the
Platte river.
Some time ago a bridge crew was
working on the bridge at Lal'lutte and
train No. 6 ran Into the work train.
The bridge engine with the pile driver,
still on the main line, was started by
the shock of the collision down the
track aa It went. All th trainmen
Jumped except young Hawklnson, a
youth of 111, who climbed over the
ears to the engine and stopped It.
Ihe watch was sent him by Vice
President Daniel Wlllard. The watch
Is Inscribed In such a way as to show
U was given.
To Raise Much Alfalfa,
llundri'ds of acres of alfalfa will b
grown in the valli-vs Iihi-h and furnwi-u
year. Mammoth crops can be easily
known in tne valleys here and farmers
are contemplating an alfalfa mill.
Hum and Contents Burn.
The, burn of H. II. Burt, In Fuller-
ton, was burned Monday morning. Two
colts belonging to James Irwin per
ished in the Humeri. Several buggies,
a new carriage ami a large quantity of
reru were destroyed.
Must Amputate Leg.
Vv. H. WUcolt, aged 74. of Suther
land, has gone to Omaha for amputa
tion of one of his legs. Over fifty years
ago a running soro nturt. d as a result
of a burn, and h has suffered greatly
down through the years.
STATE SIE1S
COX VENT PROPERTY TRANSFER
Dominican SlMcr Xovv Have tho
lia.slliius Hi tiding.
The transfer of the convent property
at Hastings has been made to the Do
minican s.sters of Lincoln, and work
will be rushed to havo the building
ready for occupancy next September.
An academy for both girls and boys
will be established. It will offer
courses similar to the public schools,
from the first grade to the high school
graduation. It will also bo placed on
the university accredited list. Of the
18,000 purchase price $3,000 was
raised by the Catholics of Hastings
and the remalndlng fii.oOO by outsid
ers. Definite action will soon be taken by
the school board relative to the
new hl,Th f hool building. Kansas
City architects have been retained and,
according to their estimate, the new
structure will cost near to $100,000.
The school board election will proba
bly be held the latter paft of next
month.
TAYIiOR'S TRIAL MAY 21.
Court PrcK-cctlliiRs at Mlndcn Result
In Grief for Some.
District court adjourned at Mlndcn
Saturday till May 24 when the Bert
M. Taylor case will come up. The
only criminal case of any Importanco
was the state ot Nebraska vs. Pain E.
Blue. Tliis case Is a companion case
to an incest case prosecuted last fall
when George B. Peterson was convict-'
ed of Incest upon his half-witted
daughter, Llbble, who gave birth to a
child In the Salvation Army rescue
home In Omaha before she was 16
years old. Phln E. Blue was prose
cuted for adultery. After two duys of
hard fighting by both sides the Jury
brought in a verdict of guilty, and tho
court sentenced him to nine months
In Jail. Sentence was suspended pend
ing an appeal to the supreme court.
Ex-Dlstrlet Judge Adams and son do
fended and County Attorney King, as
sisted by ex-County Attorney Ander
berry, prosecuted.
WAYNE CITIZEN'S HONORED.
Normal Committee Given Rousing
Welcome on Return Home.
Upon the arrival home Wednesday
from Lincoln of Messrs. Henry Ley,
John T. Dressier., Phil II. Kohl and
James Brltton, the committee selected
to represent Wayne in tho sale of the
Nebraska normal college of Wayns
to the state of Nebraska for a state
normal during the state legislative
session, and who were never tiring In
their efforts to accomplish the splendid
results achieved, were met at the de
pot by members of the Wayno Com
mercial club, the Commercial club
band and citizens, and afUr three
hearty cheers were given for the
Wayne Normal college and congratula
tions extended the committee, they
were escorted up Main street amid
much enthusiasm.
Wiiat U the Sex of a Stallion?
That Is one of the Important ques
tions which Nebraska's first demo
cratic legislature has left for the ex
perts to determine. In the West bill
providing for the keeping of a record
of pedigrees of stallions. It Is set out
that a record must be kept In a book
setting out the age. sex, color, etc.,
of tho stallion.
New Towns Are Many.
New towns along tho North Platte
are springing up up like mushrooms
along the new Union Pacific extension
to Northport. Tho Union Pacific has
resumed track laying down as for aa
Northport. Oshkosh, Llsco, Keystone
and other new towns are having a re
markable growth.
Katinvullon Moaning at Peru.
A big ratification meeting was held
at the Peru normal Friday morning
In honor of the appropriation which
was made for a new $40,000 building
at Peru. Senator Sheen, who present
ed the bill, and Col. T. J. Majors,
sponsor for It In the Benate, were both
present and gave talks to the students
and citizens.
To Erect Farmers' I lev ator.
M. W. Burger has Inaugurated a
movement to organize a farmers' ele
vator company at Crab Orchard. The
object Is to buy or build a farmers' ele
vator at that point. Mr. Burger Is said
to have secured promise of help from
well to do farmers.
Bull road Muu Is Made a Colonel.
C. E. Spens, general freight agent of
the Burlington, has been appointed
colonel on the stuff of Gov. Shallenber
ger. Spens, who lives In Omaha, will
succeed Fanning, who resigned.
New Postmaster at Tale.
J. N. Wright has been appointed
postmaster at Tate, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of J. J.
White, who has moved to Crab Or
chard. Injured In Corn Kheller.
Tho 3-year-old son of Frank Het
mann, living near West Point had his
hand badly crushed In a corn shelter
on Friday. The little fellow was play
ing too near the machine.
Prominent laurel Man Dead.
J. M. Mills, postmaster al Ijinrnl for
nine years uu to January. 1S07.
he resigned on account of ill health
died Sunday evening.
Sudden Death at Homer.
Goldll Priest. UUI-d 14 Vlllrs dnnvh.
ter of Mr. and Mm. Frank Prli u u.
found dead in bed at her home Varly
Monday i..ornlng. Death was due to
the bursting of un ubscess In the liinrr
purt of an ear, which purallzed the
orain ana neart.
Increases Capital Stock.
The Bunk of Commerce In IouIsvllU
has Increased Its capital stock from
$10,000 to $25,000 and elcctf ih. foi.
lowing directors: Tom E. Purmels, C,
A. jiicney aim t.'. rj. Wood
CENSUS SHOWS RACE SUICTDS.
raga Family in the United
States Has Decreased.
The elze of the n venire family In the
United States lias decreased from 5.8
persons Id 171H, the date of the first
census taken In this country, to 4.0 In
the wiinc area In 1!1M). according to n
vol nine now being published ty th
census bureau. Of especial Interest
from a toclolov'lcnl point of view nre
those statistics In the book which deal
with family life. In 1"!0 families coin
posed of uu more tlmn three persons
represented but one-fourth of the entire
number of families, while In 1!LK) fam
ilies of similar size made up nearly
40 ptw cent of nil the families. Fam
ilies composed of six or more persons
represented In 171X) more than one-hnlf,
but In l!Hj scarcely more tlmn one
fourth of the families enumerated. On
the basis of the propor:ion shown In
171M) (here would have been In conti
nental F lilted States In P.hk), .1!,5tHft0fl
children, whereas there were less thnn
24.(Min,(MI().
The number of children under lfl
years of ajro to each white family was
2.S lu 171K), ns compared with 1.5 In
1!XI0. The ratio In 17! to of two chil
dren .under 10 years of no to each
white femnle It! years of p and over
declined to one In 1000. Of 3,171,000
white persons enumerated In 1700, ap
proximately 2.000,000 survived thirty
years later, 11,500 In 1SS0, while In
1!MK) there were twenty-three persons
who reported their ages ns 110 yenrs
ami over, so that at tho census of 11)00
It Is possible thnt there were still liv
ing persons enumerated In the first
census, taken 110 yenrs before.
In 1700 the Smiths led all the rest,
there beln ;13,2I5 of this ubiquitous
fninlly In the country, while other fam
ilies followed In the sequence given:
Brown, Davis, Jones, Johnson, Clark,
Williams, Miller and Wilson. These
names represented about 4 per cent ol
the total white population of 1700.
WL mum u IMD 5M5
Prince Michael
Hilkoff, whose
death has been
reported from St.
Petersburg, bad a
romantic life story.
Puceesslvely a UU
Batlstied young
jnan tn his feth-
er'o estates, a
poorly pnld Jubor
er In a Phlludel
p h 1 a machine
shop, an employe of a contractor who
was building a railway In South Amer
ica, the manager of un Argentine rail
way, a student In nn English locomo
tive building Bhop and engine driver
and locomotive superintendent in Rus
sia, during his earlier yenrs, he rose to
ho tho czar's minister of public ways
end railways, a high ofllce he held for
eleven yeurs. To his energy mid skill
Is ascribed much of the success of Rus
sia in building the great Trans-Siberian
railway and in sending more thnn
300,000 troops across the 0,077 miles
of this lino w Uhin ninety days, togeth
er with enormous quantities of provi
sions and army supplies, during the
Russo-Japanese war.
"I sm a good bit of a Yankee my
self," was Prince HllkofTs greeting to
the members of the World's Columbian
Exposition committee on transporta
tion when meeting them In western Si
beria on their trip around the world.
"Here Is further proof, If you want It,"
he added, with a smile, raising hia
hand up to the tuft K iron-gray beard
that grew on his chin "Untie Ram"
fashion. This tuft he wore from early
manhood to old nge. lie vvns a Yankee
In more than nppenrnnee ; for many
yenrs ha had studied closely the won
derful development of the United
States and had striven to adopt meth
ods in use In this country to the rail
way problems of Russiu.
A clockitmkers' union whs recently or
tanized at San Fruueisco, Cal.
Work Is being done in the matter ot
uiilouiiing the brewers lu El Puso, Texas.
Th (la vv'oi'kem' I'tilou at Sacramen
to, Cat., lias mude an application to be
come afUliuted with the State Federation
of l-abor.
The San Francisco (Cal.) Journeymen
Stone Cutlers' Union ha under consid
eration a proposition to establish a sick
belielit fund.
A liuiou of lurd Holilerers of New
York lias been orga'.iized. The name
adopted is the Indi-pciuli-nt International
Union of Hard Solderers.
Many n'or in Brooklyn, X. Y., have
promised to help the grocery clerks In
thsir movement for a shorter workday
and Sunday closing.
A dispute ha occurred In a section ot
employes in the lace trade in Notting
ham, Knxluuil, which, it in feared, w)(
lead to an extended strike.
Sixteen hundred men employed in the
rollierUx Bt Alieiaiiian, Wales, are locked
out.
Among nut and holt workers in Penu
sylviiuin the returns of the chief factory
inspector kliow the fata! accident rate
during tell yes is to have been 5.4 mt
I.ihni and in miscellaneous steel uml Iron
work 4.U per I.oimi.
A co-operaiive company has Iwen or
Kauitsl by woikiii'iiien of Brooklyn, X.
Y. The n un of the company is th
Brooklyn Mechanics' Co-opera t hi Coui
pauy. and the announced object "to ur
opvrutioim for mutual bi-aelit."
33LcvOI5L
Work of Congress
The Semite wns r.ot In session Tues
day. Wransllng. confusion, captious
objections, personalities mid liinguas
bordering on vitupeniihui marked th
first day's discussion of Ihe I'nyno
tariff bill In the House of Representa
tives. With practically a full attend
ance the members were wrought up to
a high tension and were prepared to
tight to the last ditch for thoe things
which their constituent! were demand
ing. The entire day practically was
consumed In discussing the lumber nurt
hides schedules. Id by Mr. Tawney
(Minn.), the advocates of free lumber
went down to defeat by the- narrow
margin of six votes, following tho
striking out of the Countervailing duty
on lumber. An overwhelming major
ity was mustered ns.ilust an amend
ment by Mr. Scott '(Knn.), taking
hides from the free list and fixing a
duty upon them of jo per cent ad val
orem. " The barley schedul came In
for a lively discussion, mid when tho
bill was laid aside for the day there
were pending two amendments, one
raising the rnte In the Pnyne bill from
15 (Sills to 25 cents n bushel, and the
other fixing the rnte at 10 per cent ad
valorem.
The sennte vvns not In session Wed-
nesdny. The House Republican organ
ization met defeat when bv unliol
action of the Insurgents and the Dem
ocrats nn amendment was mitde to the
Payne tariff bill practically nrovldlne
for free trade In crude oil and Its prod
ucts. Speaker Cannon tried In vain to
prevent the action, but in spite of tho
special rule limiting the schedules to
be discussed, the action was taken.
The removal of the duty Is In
tended ns a blow at the standard:
company. During the day tea and cof
fee were placed on the free list. th
barley schedule w-ns left unchanged,
nd the duty on bnrltes Is doubled
A bill to provide for tho taking ot
tho thirteenth and subsequent censuses
wns reported to the Senate Thursday.
Severnl resolutions railing on the Sec
retaries of State, Agriculture and of
Commerce and Lnbor for Information
concerning duties on sugar were adopt
ed. Because of the numerous cninnilt-'
tee. iTOPurV'V'iita to tho 1'aytie tariff bill
the kftittstwas compelled to sit until
late In the evening lu order to limn re
action on th various paragraphs com
ing within the scope of the special rule
adopted the previous Monday before
tho finnl rote Is taken. At one time
the Republicans were caught napping
snd an amendment by Mr. Clark of
Missouri wns adopted fixing the rate
of duty on wire of the No. 10 gnsge
nt three-quarters of a cent per pound,,
but this was thrown out later. Fear
ing that he might not meet with such
success again, Chairman Payne took his
Republican colleagues to task for no
panting themselves from the chamber
and appealed to them to remain !n
their scats. This was done, with tho
result that In all the cnminlllee amend
ments he was siistnt.n-rt. With a num
ber of committee amendments yet to
be considered, the House at 0:53 p. m.
idjourned.
During nearly flvo hour , F riday the
bill to provide for the thirteenth and
subsequent censuses was under discus--sion
In the Senate. The mensura had:
been amended since Its original passage
by Congress In the lust session, when
It was vetoed by President Roosevelt
because of provisions allowing Senators
ami Representatives practically to se
lect employes of the census for appoint
ment. These features of the bill called
forth n general discussion in the Sen
ato on the subject of civil service re
form and the present operation of the
law wns denounced by several Sena
tors As amended by the committee
the bill placed npopliitments In the cen
sus under the Civil Service Commission.
The Pnyne tariff bill yns passed by the
House by a vote of 217 to 101, after
three weeks of cqnscderatloii. One Re
publican, Austin (Tenn.), voted against
the measure and four Democrats, all
from Louisiana, Rroussard, Estoplnal.
Pujo and WickllfTe, voted for It. An
attempt by the minority leader, Champ
Clark, to recommit the hill with In
structions fulled. A resolution was
adopted thnt untl further orders ses
sions he held only on .Mondays and
Thursdays.
ALL ABOUND THE GLOBE.
Oov.-to'ii. Smith of the Philippines link
decided that Doiniuador (iomei, the Isbor
leader recently elected a member of the
nui'iicipnl board. Is ineligible on th
grounds that he Is not a citixen of the
Philippines and lias been convicted of a
crime.
For the first time in the annals of te
Criuilnnl Court of Ihe District of Co
lumbia, an Indian, Hubert McCulic, was
Sentenced by Justice (iould to serve twen
ty years In the Hnitentiary on bjg pie
for second degree min der, for killing Carl
link. McCulic is OS years old.
Three men were burned, probably fa
tally, by ihe explosion of a generator in
tha Wasliinxiou (iaa 1 .it'll t Company's
plant In Washington, 1. C.
Control of the management of the Met
ropolitan magazine of New York has
passed to Melville K. Stone, Jr., son of
the general manager of the Associated
Press.
Confederates are planning to rales the
fist torpedo boat that fought for the
Kmith iinib In f jild !.ii,.hui-rialn Tk
" - .....
vtosel will be placed on the lawn of the
Confederate noldiers' home at New Or
leans.
